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Software:

AcroWizard

AcroWizard can create a database and table of acronyms from your document in about 10 seconds. Free trial version offered.

http://www.acrowizard.com/

Anthemion Software Home

Storylines and Writer's Cafe: software for writers.

http://www.anthemion.co.uk/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Ars Lexis Software

Expandable and adaptable dictionary and thesaurus designed for use on Palm-platform handheld devices. The base dictionary has 122,000 words defined. The programs are memory-efficient.

http://arslexis.com/

Avenir

Create outlines, tracks characters, allows editing, revision and annotation of sections of text, and tracks submissions. [Mac OS X]

http://returnself.com/

Biography Software Corporation

The personal author system combines biography and genealogy research tools along with biography writing and publishing tools.

http://www.personalauthor.com/800/indexns.cfm

Character Pro for Writers 2.0

A creative writing tool designed to help writers create great story characters. Newsletter available.

http://www.characterpro.com

ClipWords

Search, edit, combine, or cut and paste entries and move them into any Windows or Mac application. From Epigraphics.

http://epigraphics.com/

Copyscape

Search engine to locate duplicated materials on the Internet.

http://www.copyscape.com/

EaZy Paper

Formats your new and existing papers in the Turabian and Chicago Manual of Style formats.

http://www.eazypaper.com

Editor Software

StyleWriter, the plain English editor. The Electronic Writing Course and an Electronic House Style. Information and advice on writing in plain language plus a free trial.

http://www.editorsoftware.com/

eMediaAdmin

Software for publishing online magazines and newspapers. Creates article webpages, table of contents and chronological archive webpages using customizable templates.

http://www.reedmedia.net/software/emediaadmin/

English Language Online Tools

Readability tests: detect frequently used words, complicated vocabulary.

http://www.online-utility.org/english/index.jsp

123Ezine

Creates a newsletter template, any newsletter design or format, text or web. Creates and manages back issues together with uploading to web sites.

http://123ezine.com

FictionFixer

Service involving software analysis which tracks 250 characteristics of bestselling novels to define a model of what readers desire. Corresponding aspects of one's manuscript are matched to this paradigm or to a specific work.

http://www.fictionfixer.com/

Great Dialogue Software

Shows how to write dialogue, whether comic or dramatic. Gives techniques, and examples.

http://www.greatdialogue.com

Hi-Note

Outline and brainstorm on the go. Create notes and subnotes, similar to topics and sub-topics used in other programs, on your Palm Pilot. Easily incorporates graphics as well as text.

http://cyclos.com/hi-note.htm

IdeaMason

Assists in the creative and technical aspects of writing, including idea and source management, bibliographical citations in APA, MLA and Chicago, composition organization, and research administration.

http://www.ideamason.com

Intellectus Enterprises

Idea Tracker, for customizing, organizing, sorting, filtering ideas, thoughts and notes. Free trial available. [Windows only]

http://www.intellectusenterprises.com/

Liquid Story Binder

Designed for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and screenwriters. Features include: spellchecking, thesaurus, document indexing, checklists, image gallery, notes, multiple backups.

http://www.blackobelisksoftware.com

Manuscript Studio

Technology for writers publishing their own work or presenting a finished manuscript to publishers, periodicals and agents.

http://www.manuscriptstudio.com

MasterFreelancer

Web store for writers and creative professionals.

http://www.masterfreelancer.com

McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme

Free software version of this 14-volume authoritative reference work, offering a subset of the publication's entries in order to encourage and popularize poetry.

http://www.bryantmcgill.com/Free_Rhyming_Dictionary/

Mindola Software

Miss Lonelynotes helps manage writing projects using a simulation of 3x5 note cards. Includes character tracking and plot references. Windows SP/200 and Mac OS X Panther.

http://www.mindola.com/

Newnovelist

Breaks down the process of writing into manageable chunks, to help experienced and novice writers complete a novel.

http://www.newnovelist.com

NoTypos.com

Medical spell checker for Microsoft Word. For transcription, notes, reports, and anything medical. Free trial version.

http://www.notypos.com

PageFour

Word processing package designed for writers. It emphasises features used by creative writers, while ignoring the business oriented functionality of the larger word processors.

http://www.softwareforwriting.com

Power Structure

Provides several different views allowing the writer to organize and study his work from the perspective of plot, character, and other customizable settings.

http://www.write-brain.com/power_structure_main.htm

Readability Software Online

Web based readability software that compares your writing with how often the words appear in the Inernet.

http://readability.online-web-software.com

Recipes for Word

Software for the fiction, nonfiction and student/ scholars. Grammatical style checker, literary agent database, are available.

http://www.recipes4word.com

RhymeZone

Online rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.

http://www.rhymezone.com/

The Sandbaggers

Automated manuscript management software for DOS.

http://www.sandbaggers.8m.com/dossamm.htm

ScholarWord

An MS Word integration which facilitates writing in MLA, APA, CBE or Chicago styles, rapidly citing sources, and accurate editing. Download free trial for Mac or PC.

http://scholarword.com/product.htm

Self-Publishers Affordable System

Explains the home based publishing system which allows everyone to produce their own professional book inexpensively and in any number they want. Sample books on display.

http://geocities.com/cguyspage/

Spacejock Software

Free software designed to help authors put together the snippets, outlines, fragments and chapters that go into a finished novel. Also offers stock charting software, an ebook reader, a mp3 and ogg player, text to speech, and stock market data.

http://www.spacejock.com/

Story Wizard

Writing software feeds the imaginative mind with ideas for plot lines, characters and places.

http://www.storywizard.co.uk

Storybase

Provides a dictionary of narrative writing prompts that can be personalized by each user.

http://www.storybase.net/

StoryCraft Writer's Software

Story development software. Also online writer's courses in novel and screenwriting.

http://www.writerspage.com/

StyleEase

From Guilford Publications. Formats text and pops in references in MLA style. For term papers, journal articles, theses, and dissertations.

http://www.styleease.com

Textalyser

An online service that allows entry of text or a website. Displays readability analysis, including reading level, sentence length and word counts.

http://textalyser.net/

WareFore Analysis

printMSS - manuscript processing software for the professional writer. [Windows]

http://www.warefore.com/

WhiteSmoke Text Enrichment

Instant, full-text analysis solution, providing context-related language enrichment.

http://www.whitesmoke.com/

WordCounter

Ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use it to find keywords, or just to see what words you overuse. Free to use online, not a download.

http://www.wordcounter.com

WordDog Plain English Editor

Searches Word documents for wordy phrases, redundancies, ambiguous words, outworn expressions, formal language, cliches, and suggests crisp, clear plain language alternatives that everyone can understand.

http://www.worddog.com

WordNet-Online

Free dictionary and hierarchical thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms, derived forms and sample sentences.

http://www.wordnet-online.com/downloads/

WordWeb Pro

Thesaurus and dictionary for Windows with word and anagram finder.

http://wordweb.info

The Working Writer

Software that tracks the business of freelance writing from query letter to paycheck.

http://dolphinsoftware.bc.ca/software/writers/index.html

WriteExpress Corporation

Writing tools for amateurs and professionals.

http://www.writeexpress.com/

WriteItNow

Write and store complete novels. Keeps track of characters, events, locations, and ideas. Provides timeline charts, spell checker and manuscript submission tracker. PC and Macintosh computers.

http://www.ravensheadservices.com/

The WritePro Corporation

Free professional advice and resources for writers, fiction and nonfiction. Free creative writing tutorial software.

http://www.writepro.com/

Writer's Blocks

Assists with the development and organization of written material.

http://www.writersblocks.com

Writer's Companion

Brainstorm, organize, edit and publish your ideas in one program.

http://www.writerscomp.com/

The Writers Store

For screenwriting software, creative writing, TV movie script and screenplay production software.

http://writersstore.com/

WriterScreen Software

A writer-friendly program that retain all your story writing in one place. Keeping your thoughts free and organized as you develop your story.

http://www.digitizedi.com/writerscreen/writerscreen.htm

WriteThis

Small freeware tool for writers. Generates writing exercises, based on a set of keywords and criteria.

http://www.theprint.dk/writethis.html

Writing Help Tools

Reviews of writing tools on the Net for letter writing, resume writing, business writing, and general writing.

http://www.writinghelptools.com

WritingLinks.com

A portal of writing software resources, links and information.

http://www.writinglinks.com

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